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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What material was used to assassinate Alexander Litvinenko?
(a) Cobalt-60.
(b) Tritium.
(c) Potassium-40.
(d) Polonium-210.

2. Where is much of the uranium obtained?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Colorado.

3. What size blade could a knife have before 9/11 to be carried on board a plane?
(a) About 2 inches.
(b) About 3 inches.
(c) Less than 5 inches.
(d) Less than 4 inches.

4. In Chapter 13, where was there a prototype nuclear waste facility?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Utah.
(c) Nevada.
(d) New Mexico.

5. When did the Soviets carry out a test of the largest man-made nuclear explosion?
(a) October 30, 1961.
(b) March 19, 1961.
(c) April 18, 1961.
(d) July 12, 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the efficiency of the best solar cells at the time the book was written?

2. At 100 miles altitude, what percent is the gravity from what it is on the surface?

3. When was the Los Alamos Primer declassified and published by the United States?

4. How much in 2008 were "triple junction" (82) solar cells?

5. In Chapter 8, approximately what percent of people died from cancer of unknown causes?

(see the answer key)

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